Retail plaza sells for $11M, a 36% gain

The Plaza 8 shopping center near West Miami sold for $11.45 million, a 36 percent gain from its last trade three years ago.

Mall9600 LLC, an affiliate of Key Biscayne-based AD4 Group, sold the 53,428-square-foot retail plaza at 9600 S.W. 8th Street and 909 S.W. 97th Ave. to Allegheny Capital Growth L.P. The sellers were represented by Cushman & Wakefield's Miguel Alcivar and Dominic Montazemi, plus Bill Strauss from WCl Properties.

The price equated to $214 per square foot. Retail property value…

My Dilemma on this Blog. By Geniusofdespair

I just can't couple the two words together for our new president. Somehow I believe if I don't type those two words, it won't be true for me. Or maybe it is because I don't want to puke. Yes, I know it is denial. But for years Josiah Bartlet  of the "West Wing" provided me with a president I could admire during the Bush years.

I have been thinking about this a lot. I can hack The Donald.  I suppose I could write: President The Donald.  Any other suggestions?

Fidel ... by gimleteye

I share the anguish of Cuban American friends who lost loved ones in the violence under Castro. For some, personal tragedies will be genetically imprinted and echo through generations. One could say, Castro's passing marks a time of healing.  Perhaps celebrations will help dissipate the pain he and his regime inflicted on families and friends. Perhaps. Miami has long projected an ethos -- hatred of Castro -- with mixed results. Castro projected his influence on Miami politics for generations and through Miami, the nation. His death will be not be a meaningful symbol unless we account for the architecture of personal and political catastrophe, here and across the Florida Straits. 

What we are reading ... Happy Thanksgiving! ... by gimleteye

An Open Letter to Stephen Bannon from the Seven Sisters Presidents
https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/president-kathleen-mccartney/speeches-media/speeches-messages/president-speeches-open

Trump's climate denial is just one of the forces that point towards war
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/23/donald-trump-climate-change-war

Jeff Sessions interview By Tony Perkins, Family Research Council, November 30, 2015
http://www.frc.org/wwlivewithtonyperkins/jeff-sessions-everett-piper

The Rockefeller Family Fund vs. Exxon
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/08/the-rockefeller-family-fund-vs-exxon/

Under Trump, NASA May Turn a Blind Eye to Climate Change
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/under-trump-nasa-may-turn-a-blind-eye-to-climate-change/

What So Many People Don't Get About the U.S. Working Class
https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class%3Chttps:/hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class%3E